[2] Nymphaea stuhlmannii is an aquatic herb with 5–12 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, globose to ovoid, blackish brown rhizomes and white, long roots.

Later, it was elevated to the status of a separate species Nymphaea stuhlmannii (Engl.)

[2] The type specimen was collected by Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928) in Uniamweni, Gunda mkali, close to Bibisande, Africa at 1200 m above sea level on the 16th of July 1890.

[3] The specific epithet stuhlmannii honours Stuhlmann, who collected the type specimen.

[5] Nymphaea stuhlmannii occurs in shallow pools subject to seasonal droughts at an elevation of 1140 m above sea level.